Rail fastener



1. MESZAROS AND'F. MOLNAR.

RAIL FASTENER. I APPUCATIQN FILED OCT-15 1921. 1,404,992. I Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

Z; 15 a 3' 4 5? {WWW I? TF5 if 15 ii B I o 1 M To all whom it may concern: 1 z f Be it known that we,' JoH:N M 'szARos'and FRANK MOLNAR', cltizens. oft Hungaryrresiding at Gdlenalum, in the county of Mingo and State-of 'West Virginia,- have inventedcerta in new and useful Impro-vements in RailFasteners of which the fllowing is a specification.

'15 tion, and of the objects and advantagesthereof, reference will be had to the follow ing v description and accompanying draw-j ings, and to the appended claims in wh ch the various novel features of the invent on.

i Y are more particularly set forth.

rail fastening members.

Thisinvention relates to rail fasteners such as are used on railroadtracks to secure the rails in place. 1 w

. The invention hasfor an object to provide ,a novel form of rail fastener by means of which the rail will be securely held in place. For further comprehension of the lIlVGllR Fig. 1 of the drawings 1s a side viewef a portion of a railroad track having the in on which the rails rest are indicated at 11 and preferably comprise metal I-beams.

r The fasteningmeans for each rail co'm-- v prises a pan of bars '12'extend1ng long1- 4O tudinally of the tie 11 and located at opposite sides thereof to leave a space for the rail engaging members, the rails 10 resting upon these bars. These bars 12 are suitably V, placed longitudinally of the tie, being here shown as flush at their outer ends with the adjacent ends of the tie, and being of a length somewhat greater than the width of the base-flange of the rail. These bars have their adjacent faces beveled downwardly away from one another, thus forming a dovetail slot to receive the rail engaging members. The bars '12 may be secured to the tiell by means of rivets .13 passing through the ends thereof and throughthe flanges of the latter.

Each of the bars 12 has a pair of semi- Specincatiioiiof Letters.-Patent.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary transcircular ."inte'gral jearsWM=projecting sup-if Joint ni'iszi iiaosnnnraamr o al cramming di mi g I y i x I et ied Ja 3. 192.21.

wardly- :therefromon oppositef sidesof the rail l0,\these ears bei'ng spaced apart Ion-j gitud-inally of the bars, a distance equalfto'i the'fwi'dth of the. base flange ofthe ra'il sofla's j :to'engage the sides'ofthesarne andprevent 'transversedisplacement of the rail. i

' The rail 10 is, locked-against upward movement by meansgof aapair of suitably shaped claws 16 which .engageover the opdovetail slot between the bars 12, the inner 1 posite sidesiof the base'iflange Qf;the .rail,"-

these [claws beinghformed integrally jwithflf base-plates 17 'located and slidableinthe g V y Y halves of these base plates project under.

the rail withtheir'iends iniabutting engage-v Inent, while the-claws'16 project upwardly.

and-inwardly from the outer'halves of these transv'erse displacement of. xthese locking'members 16, 17, we provide bolts 20 which are passed through: suitable r registering apertures therein and in theears 15; The bolts 20. are preferably held against I withdrawal b means "of cotter "pins '21 plates.

To prevent Pas'sefilj thrOu i' theiriunheadedends. .Tof prevent these cotter-pins being; pulled oll li j i by unauthorized-1' persons we preferably; '7 I cover the; same withcaps 23 hinged as at 24- toth'e adjacent bar 112; each {of these caps having a double back spring latching eler' ment'25 which projects into a recess 26 in the ear 15'and engages a lip 27 at the front thereof. Thislip is slotted as shown so that I .a pointed implement may be inserted-there in over the end-{of the latch 25, and press f the'same downward to release the cap.

The abutting inner. ends of the base-plate elements are also preferably: seoured-to-i' 95. getherby means of a stud 30 on'one element which engages in a socket in the'other ele fiment, a screw 31 being threaded transversely through the last element [and passing through a registeringaperture in the; stud: For access to'the screw 3119.11 opening'32" is a V.

provided in one of the'bars '12.

.Having thus described our inventlon wh'at; we claim as newiand desire to protect by Letters Patent of theUnited States isas followsz' 1. In combination, a railroad track' tidf af pair of bars fixed to the'top thereof, said" bars being spaced transversely of theotie and extending longitudinallythereof, a pair of base-plate elements slidably engaged be-- tweensaid bars and arrangedend to end and l lo ' through said bars andlmseplates cotterpins passing through said bolts, and caps hinged to said harsand covering said cotter 2."In combinatioina railroad track tie, a,

\ pair of bars fixed tothetop thereof, said having integral claws adapted to engage ver the base flange of a rail, bolts passing bars-being spaced transversely of the tie and extending longitudinally thereof, a pair of base-plate elements slidably engaged be- 7 tween saidbaa's and arranged end to end and having integral claws adapted to engage over the base-flange of a'rail, said-bars having eachfa pan of upstanding ears spaced tlierealong distance equal to the Width of inner end of the other base-plate element;

and a screw threaded through the last mentioned base-plate element and passing transversely through, said stud. r

V signatures.

' JOH-N- MEszA-eos.

FRAN -140mm;

1 i 25 In testimony whereof We have affixed our I r 

